Tour Scotland travel video of singers singing O Holy Night before the 2017 Santa Run on the outdoor stage by Horsecross Plaza on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

O Holy Night ! The stars are brightly shining,
It is the night of the dear Saviour's birth.
Long lay the world in sin and error pining.
Till He appeared and the Spirit felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices!
O night divine, the night when Christ was born;
O night, O Holy Night , O night divine!
O night, O Holy Night , O night divine!

Led by the light of faith serenely beaming,
With glowing hearts by His cradle we stand.
O'er the world a star is sweetly gleaming,
Now come the wisemen from out of the Orient land.
The King of kings lay thus lowly manger;
In all our trials born to be our friends.
He knows our need, our weakness is no stranger,
Behold your King! Before him lowly bend!
Behold your King! Before him lowly bend!

Truly He taught us to love one another,
His law is love and His gospel is peace.
Chains he shall break, for the slave is our brother.
And in his name all oppression shall cease.
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,
With all our hearts we praise His holy name.
Christ is the Lord! Then ever, ever praise we,
His power and glory ever more proclaim!
His power and glory ever more proclaim!

O Holy Night, French: Cantique de Noël, is a well known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem Minuit, chrétiens, Midnight, Christians, by a wine merchant and poet, Placide Cappeau. In both the French original and in the two familiar English versions of the carol, as well as many other languages, the text reflects on the birth of Jesus and of humanity's redemption.

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Tour Scotland travel video of singers singing Mr. Sandman before the 2017 Santa Run on the outdoor stage by Horsecross Plaza on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
Make him the cutest that I've
ever seen
Give him two lips like roses in clover
Then tell him that his lonesome
nights are over
Sandman, I'm so alone
Don't have nobody to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream

Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
Make him the cutest that I've
ever seen
Give him the word that I'm not
a rover
Then tell him that his lonesome
nights are over
Sandman, I'm so alone
Don't have nobody to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream

Mr. Sandman, bring us a dream
Give him a pair of eyes with a
come-hither gleam
Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci
And lots of wavy hair like Liberace
Mr. Sandman, someone to hold
Would be so peachy before we're
too old
So, please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman, bring us
Please, please, please
Mr. Sandman, bring us a dream

Mr. Sandman, sometimes rendered as Mister Sandman, is a popular song written by Pat Ballard.

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Tour Scotland travel video of singers singing Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy before the 2017 Santa Run on the outdoor stage by Horsecross Plaza on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

He was a famous trumpet man from out Chicago way.
He had a boogie style that no one else could play.
He was the top man at his craft,
but then his number came up and he was gone with the draft.
He's in the army now. He's blowin' reveille.
He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of company B.

They made him blow a bugle for his Uncle Sam.
It really brought him down because he could not jam.
The captain seemed to understand,
because the next day the cap' went out and drafted the band.
And now the company jumps when he plays reveille.
He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of company B.

A root, a toot, a toodlie-a-da-toot.
He blows it eight to the bar in boogie rhythm.
He can't blow a note unless a bass and guitar
is playin' with him.
And the company jumps when he plays reveille.
He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of company B.

He was some boogie woogie bugle boy of company B.
And when he played his boogie woogie bugle
he was busy as a busy bee.
And when he played he made the company jump eight to the bar.
He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of company B.

Andata toodliata-toodliata toot toot
he blows it eight to the bar.
He can't blow a note if a bass and guitar
isn't with him.
And the company jumps when he plays reveille.
He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of company B.

He puts the boys to sleep with boogie every night,
and wakes 'em up the same way in the early bright.
They clap their hands and stamp their feet,
'cause they know how it goes when someone gives him a beat.
Woah, woah, he wakes 'em up when he plays reveille.
The boogie woogie bugle boy of company B.

A root, a toot, a toodli-a-da to toot toot toot
he's blowin' eight to the bar.
Yeah, he can't blow a note if a bass and guitar
isn't, woah, with him.
And the company jumps when he plays reveille.
He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of company B.

The song was written by Don Raye and Hughie Prince, and was recorded at Decca's Hollywood studios on January 2, 1941, nearly a year before the United States entered World War II but after the start of a peacetime draft to expand the armed forces in anticipation of American involvement.

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Tour Scotland travel video of singers singing Mele Kalikimaka before the 2017 Santa Run on the outdoor stage by Horsecross Plaza on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Mele Kalikimaka, is a Hawaiian themed Christmas song written in 1949 by Robert Alex Anderson. The expression Mele Kalikimaka, despite its foreign sound, is actually borrowed directly from English. But since the Hawaiian language has a different phonological system from English it is not possible to render a pronunciation that is especially close to Merry Christmas. Thus the closest approximation to Merry Christmas is Mele Kalikimaka

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Tour Scotland travel video of singers singing Jingle Bells before the 2017 Santa Run on the outdoor stage by Horsecross Plaza on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bobtails ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight

Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh, hey
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh

Jingle Bells is one of the best known and commonly sung American songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title " One Horse Open Sleigh " in the autumn of 1857. it became associated with Christmas music and the holiday season in general decades after it was first performed on Washington Street in Boston in 1857

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Tour Scotland travel video of the 2017 Santa Run along the High Street on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. A 5km fun run taking runners through the streets of Perth City Centre, crossing the River Tay and finishing on the North Inch.

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I was born in Buckhaven, on the East coast of the Kingdom of Fife, and raised in the old fishing villages of Cellardyke and Anstruther in the East Neuk of Fife. For the past 12 years I have been organizing and guiding unique small group tours of Scotland.